Lipstick receptacle



Nov. 9, 1943. H. s. RUEKBERG 2,333,889

LIPSTICK RECEPTACLE Filed DSC. 10, 1941 A f @ff e r 25 ,ifm

Patented Nov. 9, 1943 LIPSTICK RECEPTACLE Herbert S. Ruekberg, Chicago,.Ill., assignor to Elmer ErMills Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation ofIllinois Application December 10, 1941, Serial No. 422,338

(Cl. 20G-56) 1 Claim.

a structure of the type specied which is easily assembled anddisassembled for purposes of reloading the carrier element thereof afterthe initial lipstick or the like has been consumed.

A suitable embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a sectional perspective view partly in elevation, showing alip-stick receptacle constructed in accordance with the invention, thecover element of the same being shown in central longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the device, thevertically reciprocable carrier for the lipstick being shown inelevation.

Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view of the same taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a helically slotted member ofthe device rotatable with respect to other parts to impart reciprocablemovements to the carrier.

Fig. I5 is" an enlarged perspective View of the lipstick carrier.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail central longitudinal sectional View ofthe device devoid of the cover element and showing the carrier and thesleeve within which the member shown in Fig. 4 is rotatable with saidcarrier disposed in position for removal and replacement.

rlhe structure comprises a cylindrical member I, composed of a suitableplastic material, such as polystyrene, which is provided internally witha longitudinal groove 2 of appreciable depth.

Rotatably engaged in said member I is the hollow cylindrical member 3rigid at one end with a peripherally recessed head 4 and which isequipped between its ends with a helical slot 5 of a length arcuately,of substantially twice the diameter of said member 3 and of a pitch ofsubstantially 45 degrees in the instance illustrated, said pitch andlength being variable at will.

The slot 5 terminates at a point spaced from the upper end of Vthemember 3land also terminates at a point spaced from the annular groove 6in the lower end portion of said member 3, the said groove 6 beingspaced from the head 4.

The said groove 6 cooperates with suitable formations such as roundedprojections l, on the inner face of said end portion of the member Iwhich are snapped into and out of said groove to hold the members I and3 against relative longitudinal movement While permitting easydisengagement of the same from said member 3.

The cover'member 8 of the device receives telescopically the member land has its lower end abutting the head 4 of the member 3. The lower endportion of said cover 3,v engages the lower end portion of the member Irmly frictionally in a well known manner to hold the latter and saidcover fairly rmly but detachably engaged with each other.

The lip-stick carrier 9 is cylindrical externally and constitutes areceptacle for an end portion of a lip-stick or the like. The outerdiameter of said carrier 9 is slightly less than the inner diameter ofthe member 3 so that, as shown in Fig. 6, said carrier may be cantedwith respect .to the member 3 to effect its removal from the latter whenit is at the upper limit of its movement with respect thereto asdetermined by the upper terminal of the helical slot 5.

The carrier 9 is equipped adjacent its bottom surface with a radialprojection or pin I0 which projects through the slot 5 into the groove 2of the member when said carrier is axially aligned with the members Iand 3 and is thus held against rotation with respect to the member I.

The lower end of the member I rests, normally, upon the head 4 of themember 3 and is held against rotation in one hand While the head 4 ofmember 3 is rotated to cause the helical slot of the latter to impartlongitudinal movement to the carrier 9. A vent hole I2 is provided inthe bottom wall of the carrier 9 to permit easy insertion of a.lip-stick and the removal of the unused end portion of same.

All parts above described are composed of plastic material of the sameor respectively different colors, the only exception being theprojection or pin I0 which, preferably is a metallic device embedded forthe major part of its length in the bottom wall of the carrier 9.

In order to permit the device to be made cheaply without resort toanything more than molding in the well-known manner, common to theproduction of plastics, the slot 5 is bordered by bevelled walls IIwhich permit easy removal of the member 3 from a two part mold separablealong a diametric plane of said member3.

The assembled structure is rendered very ornamental in appearance byreason of the several diii'erent colors of its component parts withoutresort to further decoration.

I claim as my invention: y

A structure of the type specified which comprises a hollow cylindricalmember rigid at its -closed end with a head presenting a peripheral ber,a tube composed o! resilient material telescopically disposed over saidfirst-named member and rotatable relative thereto, said tube equippedinternally with a longitudinal groove in which the outer end portion oi'said projection engages to prevent rotation of said container as saidfirstnamed member is rotated relative to said tube, the latter alsoequipped internally with projections adapted to be snapped 'into saidannular groove to prevent relative longitudinal movement of saidiirst-named member and said tube, said container being so loosely iittedinto said nrstnamed member as to permit the same to be tilted when atthe upper limit of its movement to effect Withdrawal of said projectionfrom said helical slot and removal oi' said container from said rstnamedmember.

HERBERT S. RUEKBERG.

